An updated key to the species of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae) of Southern South America, and the description of a new species from Mendoza, Argentina

DOMÍNGUEZ CECILIA M.; ABALLAY, FERNANDO HERNÁN

ZOOTAXA

MAGNOLIA PRESS

Lugar: Auckland; Año: 2014 vol. 3795 p. 152 - 160

1175-5326

The aim of this study is to describe Fannia puxcu sp. n., a new species of the genus Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae) that was collected in the Villavicencio provincial reserve in Mendoza, Argentina, and to present an updated key to the 27 species of Fannia (Diptera: Fanniidae) of Southern South America. The male of Fannia puxcu sp. n. is described, and illustrations provided as well as distributional records and a discussion of its possible phylogenetic affinities.